Passenger-car



(No Model.) G. HOWARD.

PAS$ENGER GAR.

No. 450,073. Patented Apr. 7. 1891 akin (me wi/iwwmo are 24. (mm

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UNTTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE T. HO\VARD, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

PASSENGER-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 450,073, dated April '7, 1891.

(No model.)

To all whom it 7-way concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE T. HOWARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in' the county of Sufiolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Passenger-Cars; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to railWay-cars,its object being to improve their construction, whereby ingress and egress may be rendered easier and safer, and whereby also a greater amount of interior space may be utilized for practical purposes without increasing their exterior dimensions; and it consists of the several details of construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully set forth in the following specification, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a railway-car embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section thereof. 7

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the respective figures of the drawings.

A represents the end wall of the car extending up from and flush with the end of the main floor B, and O is a door through which access may be had to a similar door in the end of an adjacent car, and D represents the ordinary draw-head.

' On one side the end wall A extends downwardly below the main floor, as shown at E, and supports one end of a platform F, the other end of which is supported by suitable frame-work extending from the floor-timbers.

The platform F may extend transversely across the car as far as the draw-head D without in any manner interfering with the truck or any of the attachments of the car, such as the pipes used for air-brakes or for heating the cars, as these pipes can be located on the other side of the draw-head, where there is no obstruction. The platform F is preferably arranged so as to be about one step above the level of the ordinary platforms in depots. I

A door G is placed in the side of the car opening inwardly and giving access to the plat form F, and H represents steps which lead in the direction of the length of the car from the platform F up to the main floor B. The tread of these steps is therefore longitudinally of the car, and as they can be of a width at least equal to one-third of the entire width of the car, passengers can readilypass each other on them, or two passengers can Walk abreast, thereby avoiding the necessity of crowding in passing in and out of the car.

On the back of the seat K, at the head of the steps H, there is hinged a small supplemental adjustable seat L, that can be used when the car is crowded. This seat is so constructed that it can be turned down entirely out of the way when a large station is reached, leaving a passage-way at the head of the steps to the aisle of the car nearly equal in width to the length of the steps, though ordinarily there is sufficient room to pass without lowering the supplemental seat.

J represents atoilet-room, the floor of which is on the same plane with the floor of the body of the car, which occupies about as much space on the opposite side of the car as is 00- cupied by the platform F and step H at the same end.

The other end of the car will be constructed in a similar manner to that already described, except the platform F and steps H will be arranged in a reverse direction or on the opposite side of the car.

As the platform F and steps H are entirely covered in and protected from the weather they may be carpeted and well lighted, thus relgdering ingress and egress much easier and sa er.

By having one door only on each side of the car and at opposite ends and arranging the toilet-room at each end of the car opposite the door enough space is saved to give in the same outside measurements as now used at least six seats additional in an ordinary passenger-car, a drawing-room or four seats in a drawingroom car, or a drawing-room or two sections in a sleeping-car.

Another advantage of my construction is that the couplings for the heating or the airbrake pipes may be more easily reached, as

there will be no more obstruction at the ends of the cars on one side or the other than in the middle of the car.

As the ends of the cars will be coupled closely together, the train will possess all the advantages of a train with the ordinary vestibule connection and at the same time offer less resistance to the air.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A railway-oar having at its end a platform below the main floor and extending transversely of the car to a point at or near the draw-head, a door in the side of the car opening onto the said platform, and steps leading from the platform to the main floor, the platform and steps being entirely within the car, substantially as set forth.

2. A railway-oar having one side of its end wall extended downwardly below the main floor, a platform supported by the downward extension and suitable frame-work attached to the floor-ti1nbers,a door opening from the side of the car onto the platform, and steps whose trend is longitudinally of the car, leading from the platform to the main floor, substantially as specified.

A railway-car having its end wall flush with the end of the main floor, a door in the end wall, a platform below the level of the main floor or one side of the draw-head, a door opening from the side of the car onto the platform, and steps whose trend is longitudinally of the car, leading from the platform to the main floor, the platform and steps being entirely within the car, the several parts being arranged relatively to each other substantially as specified.

4. A railway-car having its end wall flush with the end of the main floor, aplatform be-' low the main floor on one side of the drawhead, a door opening from the side of the car onto the platforms, steps whose trend is longitudinally of the car, leading from the platform to the main floor, a supplemental adjustable seat at the head of the steps, and a toilet-room on the other side or the car opposite the platform and steps, the several parts bein g arranged relatively to each other substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE 'l. HOWARD.

WVit-nesses:

WARREN W. FOSTER, CLARENCE D. J ONES. 

